French elections: First Round Open Thread | 37 comments (37 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

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I was anticipating, after that debate. In the last couple of days, according to the polls, the split has gone from 60/40 to 63/37. I anticipate that she'll finish lower than that on Sunday, perhaps 35%.

Then we can get on with hating on Macron.

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by eurogreen on Fri May 5th, 2017 at 05:32:20 PM EST
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That's a given. But you can also elect a legislature which forces him to look left for a governing majority and leaves the Gaullists to compete with the FN on the right. Who would be the lead candidate for Prime Minister in a EN Marche!/PS coalition Government?

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by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot male dotty communists) on Fri May 5th, 2017 at 05:56:24 PM EST
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PS would not achieve much if it is not on Hamon's terms - Valls may well be to the right of Juppe. And then the left would be blamed for the failure of right-wing wing policies once again.
If it were Mélenchon, of course, that would be something. But very unlikely.

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by Cyrille (cyrillev domain yahoo.fr) on Fri May 5th, 2017 at 08:18:05 PM EST
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French elections: First Round Open Thread | 37 comments (37 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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